Robert Arthur Moog (/moʊɡ/MOHG; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer, which debuted in 1964. In 1970, Moog released a more portable model, the Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history. Among Moog's honors are a Technical Grammy Award, received in 2002, and an induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
By 1963, Moog had been designing and selling theremins for several years while working toward a PhD in engineering physics at Cornell University. He developed his synthesizer in response to demand for more practical and affordable electronic-music equipment, guided by suggestions and requests from composers. Moog's principal innovation was the voltage-controlled oscillator, which uses voltage to control pitch. He also introduced fundamental synthesizer concepts such as modularity, envelope generation and the pitch wheel. He is credited with introducing synthesizers to a wider audience and influencing the development of popular music.
Moog pursued his work as a hobby, and he is regarded as a poor businessman. His only patent was on his transistor ladder filter design; commentators have speculated that he would have become extremely wealthy had he patented his other innovations, but that their availability in the public domain helped the synthesizer industry flourish.
In 1971, Moog sold Moog Music to Norlin Musical Instruments, where he remained as a designer until 1977. In 1978, he founded the company Big Briar, and in 2002 he renamed it Moog Music after reacquiring the rights to the name. In later years, Moog taught at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and continued designing instruments for the revived Moog Music. He died at the age of 71 in Asheville from a brain tumor.
Robert Arthur Moog (/moʊɡ/ MOHG; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer...
The Moog synthesizer (/ˈmoʊɡ/ MOHG) is a modular synthesizer invented by the American engineer RobertMoog in 1964. Moog's company, R. A. Moog Co. (later...
1953 as R. A. Moog Co. by RobertMoog and his father and was renamed Moog Music in 1972. Its early instruments included the Moog synthesizer (the first commercial...
stopped in the early 1980s after the sale of Moog Music. In 2002, founder RobertMoog regained the rights to the Moog brand, bought the company, and released...
with punch cards and used hundreds of vacuum tubes. The Moog synthesizer, developed by RobertMoog and first sold in 1964, is credited for pioneering concepts...
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annually or bi-annually in Durham, North Carolina, that honors engineer RobertMoog and his musical inventions. This multi-day, multi-venue event hosts artists...
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Retrieved 20 December 2017. Moog, Robert (Producer) (1998). Clara Rockmore: The Greatest Theremin Virtuosa (Videotape (VHS)). Moog Music and Little Big Films...
electronic music and the Moog synthesizer, a partner in the electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, founder of the First Moog Quartet, and writer of rock-inspired...
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Electronic Music Center, she helped in the development of the Moog synthesizer, RobertMoog's first commercially available keyboard instrument. Carlos came...
"The Only Way (Hymn)" on the 1971 ELP album Tarkus. After founder RobertMoog left Moog Music in the late 1970s, Emerson began to consider using synthesisers...
these electronics enthusiasts, RobertMoog, began building theremins in the 1950s, while he was a high-school student. Moog subsequently published a number...
and was among the first to use the recently released Moog synthesizer developed by RobertMoog. With this instrument he composed some works with Gershon...
designed by RobertMoog and released in 2002 by Moog Music. Five years earlier in 1997, the Minimoog Voyager Electric Blue was first produced by Moog Music...
August 2005). "RobertMoog, Creator of Music Synthesizer, Dies at 71". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-12-03. "Obituary: Dr RobertMoog". BBC News. 2005-08-22...
Studio for Electronic Music, developed between 1956 and 1959. In 1968, RobertMoog developed one of the first solid-state musical vocoders for the electronic...
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